About this data

Source: Energy Institute, Statistical Review of World Energy (2026), via Our World in Data

• The Energy Institute counts nuclear, wind, solar and hydro electricity by the fossil fuel that would be needed to generate it (the 'substitution method'), so its figures differ from DESNZ's.
• Primary energy is the energy in fuels before they are converted or used: coal, oil and gas as they are extracted or imported, and the electricity generated by wind, solar, hydro and nuclear power. It excludes fuels used as raw materials, such as oil for making plastics.

This chart appears in Energy production and consumption.